The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-11-17
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-Schwalbe believes malarial fever q
be due 10 = poison. and not to a.
organism He claims that. by making
animals absorb repeated doses 81 sui
phide Of carbon, or oXy-sulphide Of
carbon dissolved in PopPy-oil. he can
induce the alterations in the blood and
organs which are present in patients
dead Of malarial fever.
"A fall description Of the great
Southern comet Of this year has been
published By Dr.. j. NJ Thorne. Of the
SputhAmerictn observatory Of Cirdovs.
he says il Vas ia effect all tail. being
without Ia S-leus or condensation Of any
-ort The tail was more than forty
degrees long. narrow. clsarlv-deined.
and very graceful in appearance
~ y Ledger.
An industrial canvass Of 80 Maine
cities and towns by the Lewistown
CASTLE shows that thus far this year
here have been erected 1000 houses.
25 school houses. and adOzen churches.
putting Sj.O0J0)) into new bull iings
Of all kinds There are 5000 persons
engaged in producing over $55.UO0.O0)
worth Of goods. and already AS new
enterprises have been started.
The suggestion that the Chinese
make use Of several plants as ginger
which are not known az such by
European b1t1nis',. has lei 10 an in
vestig ,tinn By Mr.. Charles Ford. of
Hong Kong. vho finds only one sort.
which is the commonly cultivated
species botanically know as ZiHgiber
1fIHdle. This plant however, varies
greatly in its quality with the soil upon
which it is grown.-N T. Ledger
A case OF lock-iaw caused BY a
wound has been successfully treated by
Dr. Mayer. In Germany. who admins
cred fiitesn-grain doses Of chloral
1ydrate and bromide Of potassium al
.ernately every hour for fJurtes1 days.
Then he discontinued the chloral
iydrate. but gave the bromide 4 month
onger. At the end Of which the cure
was complete. although the patient
was left very weak ~ 7. Ledger.
MIR. Ernest Hart. Of the SneKe
Abatement Institute. fears that London
will always suffer from fogs. bscause a
placed in a river valley. on a clay soil.
md is bordered on the Essex side by
nw-lying lands very imperfectly
Trained. and on the north side By th-
Harrow Weald. The fogS generated.
he results Of damp exhtlations, are
greatly aggravated by the parks. most
II which require draining. But il thu
moke is got rid Of the fogs will be
much less dense. Boston 3Hi7et.
limo for M1rinerS-The plan Of
signalling accurate time from sea-coasts
vas first adopted by Great Britain
about thirty wears ago. That country
low has on its coasts fourteen time
,alls and i've other time-signlls. AMI
t. colonies and dependencies have
wenty-siX time-balls; Germany has
even time-ballS; France. four time-balls
md two other tine-,ignals; Sweden and
Sorvav. Auslria-Hungary, Holland
,ith B ,lgium. and the United States
awe five time-ball- each; De mark ms
vo; Spain aud Portugal. ons each;
taly. nole.-A~k1rsaO Trareler.
1t is a gratifying sight 70 see the
ron 80 steel making capacity Of the
ntirs country fully employed. l. "a
pleasing also to note the conservative
entsncy among both producers and
consumers. Receipts Of foreign ma
erial are uncomf1rtabIyl large for Amer
can makers, and this condition Of
hiugs will he remedied just As rapidly
IS circumstances will permit An enor-
AOus demand Is pressing on producing
capacity for rails. rail fastenings loco
motives. cars and equipments Of every
,haracier.s There Is also a heavy de
mand for electrical appliances among
railway managers. and the erection Of
electrical plants IN the West is being
inundated. -R1ilway ReUieW.